Diabetic Breakfast Ideas

With so many choices at breakfast, a healthy breakfast is crucial to start the day

Breakfast is said to be the most important meal of the day.

For people with diabetes, morning is usually the time of day with the highest blood glucose levels so a good breakfast choice will help to improve your control.

Whilst putting the breakfast list together, we found some supermarket cereals that were far from the ideal choice for breakfast – with high levels of sugar (with some cereals containing chocolate) and a number of other less than healthy additives.

We’ve put together some simple and healthy breakfast ideas to get you started.

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Greek yoghurt and cottage cheese

Greek yoghurt and cottage cheese make good breakfast choices.

Quick to put together and easy to tailor to your own desires by adding any of the following:

Get your day off to a good start with a blood sugar friendly breakfast. The following simple ideas are all popular options amongst people with diabetes.

Natural or Greek yoghurt can make for a tasty breakfast. Enjoy it with nuts, oatmeal, berries or another fruit of your choice.

Eggs are a common favourite for keeping morning blood sugar levels low. Have your eggs boiled, scrambled or enjoy an omelette with a range of vegetables.

Porridge is another popular option for people with diabetes. We know that some people with diabetes can handle porridge better than others so we advice using blood tests to check how porridge affects you.

Breakfast cereals tend to be carbohydrate heavy, which can mean that even people on insulin may struggle to maintain good sugar levels. However, Weetabix, Oatabix and Shredded Wheat have quite generous amounts of fibre and therefore are some of the more blood sugar friendly cereals available.

Smoothies can be a good option if you need a quick breakfast. Smoothies can be savoury or fruit based.

Fruit smoothies can be quite sugary so you may wish to make these yoghurt based or creamy to keep the carbohydrate content down.

By testing just before eating and testing 2 hours and 4 hours after, you can see whether your chosen pushes your blood sugar up significantly. Testing can be helpful with choosing the right breakfast cereal for you.